as in rubbing
to make smooth by friction
painstakingly sanded down the wooden floors of the old house
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Recent Examples of sanding
Embrace the act of adding to a work table's patina, let your copper sit on display, and don't worry about sanding and re-staining old wood.
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Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 27 Apr. 2026
The technique still needs sanding, and zero interceptions in 48 career games is concerning, but McCutchin’s combine testing gave his draft case a nice shot of nitrous.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Once the topping compound has dried, use the sanding pole and screen to sand the ceiling.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2026
If a wooden cutting board becomes heavily scarred, it can be fixed and refinished by lightly sanding it until the knife marks are gone.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 22 Apr. 2026
Use a garden hose, leaf blower, or shop vac to get rid of sanding dust.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
This could be older lead from repairs and repainting involving sanding down old lead paint, usually not from a fire.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 28 Mar. 2026
After drying and sanding, the pieces are sealed and painted with complex patterns, geometric designs, and Zapotec symbols.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
But finishing work — sanding and shaping — generated heavy dust.
—Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 27 Apr. 2026
The technique still needs sanding, and zero interceptions in 48 career games is concerning, but McCutchin’s combine testing gave his draft case a nice shot of nitrous.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Once the topping compound has dried, use the sanding pole and screen to sand the ceiling.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2026
If a wooden cutting board becomes heavily scarred, it can be fixed and refinished by lightly sanding it until the knife marks are gone.
—Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 22 Apr. 2026
Use a garden hose, leaf blower, or shop vac to get rid of sanding dust.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
This could be older lead from repairs and repainting involving sanding down old lead paint, usually not from a fire.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 28 Mar. 2026
After drying and sanding, the pieces are sealed and painted with complex patterns, geometric designs, and Zapotec symbols.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
But finishing work — sanding and shaping — generated heavy dust.
—Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanding
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Harvest quinoa by hitting the flower stalks against a hard surface or rubbing them between your hands to separate the seeds from the flower parts or chaff.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Apr. 2026
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An employee washed hands for less than 10 seconds at the sushi bar, and the inspector wants to see 10-15 seconds of your hands rubbing each other.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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With just over a month before the FIFA World Cup, Downtown Dallas is polishing, planning, and preparing for what could be one of the busiest stretches the city has ever seen.—
Steve Pickett,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Remove the stain by simply polishing it.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2026
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Their experiments confirmed that adding a single squirt of water to coffee beans before grinding can significantly reduce the static electric charge on the resulting grounds.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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This stock was a disaster from May 2025 through the November lows near $48, losing roughly half its value in a grinding downtrend.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
27 Apr. 2026
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Application workshops on filing a claim will be held in Boise on May 1-2 at the Idaho State Museum in Julia Davis Park.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Apr. 2026
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Two Stagecoach festival attendees, Ellie, 27, and Angelique, 22, sat at tables farther back from the stage watching people filing out of the festival.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Ngo coats the nail with a matte primer, which creates a smooth base, before buffing eye shadow across the surface with a nail sponge.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
27 Apr. 2026
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These provide enough force for buffing out scratches without further damaging the surface.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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What emerges is a platform less interested in scale than in sharpening its own profile.—
Emiliano de Pablos,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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Consumer goods companies are sharpening their focus and strategically reassessing their portfolios as former growth drivers cool, and consumers are increasingly selective amid rising living costs.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Sanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanding. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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